The Sri Lanka Administrative Service (SLAS) is de key administrative service of de Government of Sri Lanka, wif civiw servants working for bof in de Centraw Government as weww as in de provinciaw counciws... It was formed as de Ceywon Administrative Service (CAS) in 1963 as de successor to de Ceywon Civiw Service which was abowished on May 1, 1963. It is de senior of de pubwic services.

Based on de British Civiw Service de SLAS is de permanent bureaucracy dat hewps de ewected officiaws on day-to-day functions of government. They are sewected, promoted by de Pubwic Service Commission. But top positions in de government such as Permanent Secretaries are appointed by de President, in deory on de recommendations of de Pubwic Service Commission, uh-hah-hah-hah.

A Permanent Secretary is de top bureaucrat of de government ministry and is responsibwe for de day-to-day functions of de ministry whereas in deory de minister is responsibwe onwy for drafting powicy. The head of de SLAS is de Secretary to de President.

A Chief Secretary is a Speciaw Grade officer of de Sri Lanka Administrative Service in de provinces which is eqwivawent to a Permanent Secretary of de centraw government known as Chief Secretary. There are nine Chief Secretaries, one for each of de nine provinces.

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Untiw 2005, broader term officers are cwassed into SLAS cwass 1 officers, SLAS cwass 2 grade 1, and SLAS cwass 2 grade 2. Aww grades from SLAS cwass 1 and above (see tabwe) are part of de "Senior officers ". The Secretary to de Treasury was de traditionaw head of de Civiw Service during de time of de owd Ceywon Civiw Service, but in years after de estabwishment of de SLAS de Presidents Secretary is de de facto head of de SLAS.

After 1 January 2005 Sri Lanka Administrative service introduced four grades, such as:

Speciaw Grade offices (present cadre is 200)

Cwass I officers (present cadre is 507)

Cwass II officers (present cadre is 639)

Cwass III officers (present cadre is 1059)

Bewow de "Senior officers "(Speciaw Grade offices, Cwass I officers and ), each individuaw department can put in pwace its own grading.

The traditionaw titwes for each grade of de civiw service are as fowwows: